Irish word

raibh

past dependent analytic

verbmasculine/ɾˠɛvʲ/

raibh means “past dependent analytic” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /ɾˠɛvʲ/.

Definitions

Go raibh míle maith agat!

Thank you!

Bhain mé taitneamh as an gceolchoirm ach amháin go raibh an halla fuar.

I enjoyed the concert except that the hall was cold.

Cé nach raibh anseo?

Who was not here?

’Séard a dúirt sé go raibh sé sásta.

What he said was that he was satisfied.

Feicim na gasúir a raibh slaghdán orthu.

I see the children who had a cold.

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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